Like traceroute, but rather than provide a simple outline of the route that traffic takes across the Internet, MTR collects additional information regarding the state, connection, and responsiveness of the intermediate hosts.
examples:
mtr -rw example.com mtr -rw 192.0.2.0
Read MTR Reports:
mtr --report google.com HOST: example Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev 1. inner-cake 0.0% 10 2.8 2.1 1.9 2.8 0.3 2. outer-cake 0.0% 10 3.2 2.6 2.4 3.2 0.3 3. 68.85.118.13 0.0% 10 9.8 12.2 8.7 18.2 3.0 4. po-20-ar01.absecon.nj.panjde 0.0% 10 10.2 10.4 8.9 14.2 1.6 5. be-30-crs01.audubon.nj.panjd 0.0% 10 10.8 12.2 10.1 16.6 1.7 6. pos-0-12-0-0-ar01.plainfield 0.0% 10 13.4 14.6 12.6 21.6 2.6 7. pos-0-6-0-0-cr01.newyork.ny. 0.0% 10 15.2 15.3 13.9 18.2 1.3 8. pos-0-4-0-0-pe01.111eighthav 0.0% 10 16.5 16.2 14.5 19.3 1.3 9. as15169-3.111eighthave.ny.ib 0.0% 10 16.0 17.1 14.2 27.7 3.9 10. 72.14.238.232 0.0% 10 19.1 22.0 13.9 43.3 11.1 11. 209.85.241.148 0.0% 10 15.1 16.2 14.8 20.2 1.6 12. lga15s02-in-f104.1e100.net 0.0% 10 15.6 16.9 15.2 20.6 1.7 mtr --no-dns --report google.com HOST: deleuze Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev 1. 192.168.1.1 0.0% 10 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.7 0.2 2. 68.85.118.13 0.0% 10 8.6 11.0 8.4 17.8 3.0 3. 68.86.210.126 0.0% 10 9.1 12.1 8.5 24.3 5.2 4. 68.86.208.22 0.0% 10 12.2 15.1 11.7 23.4 4.4 5. 68.85.192.86 0.0% 10 17.2 14.8 13.2 17.2 1.3 6. 68.86.90.25 0.0% 10 14.2 16.4 14.2 20.3 1.9 7. 68.86.86.194 0.0% 10 17.6 16.8 15.5 18.1 0.9 8. 75.149.230.194 0.0% 10 15.0 20.1 15.0 33.8 5.6 9. 72.14.238.232 0.0% 10 15.6 18.7 14.1 32.8 5.9 10. 209.85.241.148 0.0% 10 16.3 16.9 14.7 21.2 2.2 11. 66.249.91.104 0.0% 10 22.2 18.6 14.2 36.0 6.5
run at a faster interval and define the number of packets sent
mtr -rwc 50 -i 0.2 -rw 198.51.100.0